dear Robert, there are no "objects" under the species of eternity, and that is why (LW and TlP both) start with the claim that the world is a totality of facts, not of the 'things" composing facts regards -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Paul Sent: 26 February 2013 04:15 AM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: TlP Adriano Palma wrote > herr wittgenstein discovered truth-tables, they determine the "case", > hence there are no objects- Well, in the Tractatus there must be objects. They are the substance of the world. If the world had no substance, I'm puzzled by this. > He felt forced to start a quixotic quest for "showing" that German can > be reproduced (albeit in "logial form") by SC (where sc= sententail > calculus, what is taught in 1st year philosophy classes, but > Wittgenstein's times it was novel notion) see e.g. > 4.442 > Es ist z. B.: > p q > W W W > » F W W « > W F > F F W > > ein Satzzeichen. > (Freges »Urteilstrich« »« ist logisch ganz bedeutungslos; er zeigt > bei Frege (und Russell) nur an, dass diese Autoren die so > bezeichneten Sätze für wahr halten. »« gehört daher ebensowenig zum > Satzgefüge, wie etwa die Nummer des Satzes. Ein Satz kann unmöglich > von sich selbst aussagen, dass er wahr ist.) > Ist die Reihenfolge der Wahrheitsmöglichkeiten im Schema durch eine > Kombinationsregel ein für allemal festgesetzt, dann ist die letzte > Kolonne allein schon ein Ausdruck der Wahrheitsbedingungen. > Schreiben wir diese Kolonne als Reihe hin, so wird das Satzzeichen zu > »(WW-W)(p,q)« > > oder deutlicher > »(WWFW)(p,q)« > > (Die Anzahl der Stellen in der linken Klammer ist durch die Anzahl > der Glieder in der rechten bestimmt.) > 4.45 > Für n Elementarsätze gibt es L_n mögliche Gruppen von > Wahrheitsbedingungen. > > > >>> Thomas Hart <tehart@xxxxxxx> 25/04/2012 02:27 AM >>> Actually I'm > holding out for someone to explain the first chapter of the > /Tractatus./ The first sentence seems clear enough. Possibly even the > second. But I'm lost by the time I reach the end of the chapter. What > on earth does this all mean: > > 1 The world is all that is the case. > 1.1 The world is the totality of facts, not of things. > 1.11 The world is determined by the facts, and by their being all the facts. > 1.12 For the totality of facts determines what is the case, and also > whatever is not the case. > 1.13 The facts in logical space are the world. > 1.2 The world divides into facts. > 1.21 Each item can be the case or not the case while everything else > remains the same. > > To start off, WTH is /the case?/ Is he talking beer, whiskey or rye > (drunk by good ol' boys at the levee), absinthe, or what? > > "All women are created equal. > Then some become Marines" > > Katy Perry video for "Part of me" > > Thomas Hart > tehart@xxxxxxx <mailto:tehart@xxxxxxx> > > > > On Apr 24, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Lawrence Helm wrote: > >> Omar, >> No, no. I’m much mellower now that I’m spending so much time >> photographing dogs & mountains & such. Besides, I don’t want to chase >> off Tom Hart who can no longer abide political arguments. >> Lawrence, the sound of one hand laughing >> *From:*lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]*On Behalf Of*Omar Kusturica >> *Sent:*Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:06 AM *To:*lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:*[lit-ideas] Re: [The New >> Islamists Lawrence has managed to surprise me, I was expecting a >> lengthy reply with references to the all-too-familiar list of >> right-wing authors. >> O.K. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- *From:*Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> *To:*lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Sent:*Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:11 PM *Subject:*[lit-ideas] Re: [The >> New Islamists If you should go to [Middle-Eastern city of your >> choice] Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. >> If you’re going to [Middle Eastern city] You’re gonna meet some >> gentle people there. >> For those who come to [Middle-Eastern city] Summertime will be a >> love-in there In the streets of [Middle-Eastern city] Gentle people >> with flowers in their hair All across the nation such a strange >> vibration People in motion There's a whole generation with a new >> explanation People in motion people in motion For those who come to >> [Middle-Eastern city] Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If >> you come to [Middle-Eastern City] Summertime will be a love-in there >> If you come to [Middle-Eastern city] Summertime will be a love-in >> there [with thanks to Scott McKenzie] Lawrence *From:*Omar Kusturica >> *Sent:*Tuesday, April 24, 2012 4:07 AM *To:*lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Subject:*[lit-ideas]: The New Islamists >> ----- Forwarded Message ----- >> *From:*Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>> *To:*polidea@xxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:polidea@xxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:*Monday, April 23, 2012 9:35 PM >> *Subject:*The New Islamists >> >> >> The longstanding debate over whether Islam and democracy can coexist >> has reached a stunning turning point. Since the Arab uprisings began >> in late 2010, political Islam and democracy have become increasingly >> interdependent. The debate over whether they are compatible is now >> virtually obsolete. Neither can now survive without the other. >> >> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/16/the_new_islamists?pa >> ge=full >> >> --^---------------------------------------------------------------- >> This email was sent to:omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG -www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> >> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4956 - Release Date: >> 04/24/12 > > > Please find our Email Disclaimer here-->: > _http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer <http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/>_ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ======= Please find our Email Disclaimer here-->: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer ======= N�!jxʋ�.+Hu欱�m�x,���r��{�����iƭ�����}ؠz�h��~����0��ݭ��r��}���؝y�!�i